Table of Contents

Introduction - Thomas G. Duncan
Middle English Lyrics: Metre and Editorial Practice - Thomas G. Duncan
The love lyric before Chaucer - John Scattergood
Moral and Penitential Lyrics - Vincent Gillespie
Middle English Religious Lyrics - Christiania Whitehead
Middle English Courtly Lyrics: Chaucer to Henry VIII - D Gray
The Middle English Carol - Karl Reichl
Political Lyrics - Thorlac Turville-Petre
The Lyric in the Sermon - Alan J Fletcher
'Cuius Contrarium': Middle English Popular Lyrics - Bernard O'Donoghue
Gender and Voice in Middle English Religious Lyrics - Sarah Stanbury
Lyrics in Middle Scots -

About the Author

CHRISTIANIA WHITEHEAD is Professor of Middle English Literature at the University of Warwick. JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London.

Reviews

A very successful collection of articles on the shorter poems of medieval England and Scotland.
*ARCHIV*

An important collection. [...] The essays in this collection are of great significance, covering everything from manuscript context to political approaches to Middle Scots lyrics.
*THE YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES*

This comprehensive companion is a welcome resource, providing a variety of approaches and a wealth of examples.
*ECONOMIA*

An expertly assembled and immaculately produced volume which will not be easily surpassed as an introduction to this important field.
*ANGLIA*

A most welcome addition to studies of the medieval lyric. Admirably combines informative and precisely detailed contextual material with critically acute and original readings.
*MEDIUM AEVUM*

Proves a most useful guide to the Middle English lyric and its modern scholarship.
*ENGLISH STUDIES*